First record of a breeding colony of Masked Booby (Sula dactylatra lesson, 1831; sulidae) in the main island of the archipelago of Fernando de Noronha (Pernambuco, Brazil)

Abstract

Fernando de Noronha Archipelago is one of the places with the highest richness of seabirds in Brazil; however, little information about the breeding biology of many species is available. Here we report a breeding colony of the Masked Booby (Sula dactylatra) in the main island of Fernando de Noronha, and present new data about the natural history and breeding biology of this species.